Stock market update: Realty shares advance; Indiabulls Real Estate climbs 4%
NEW DELHI: Realty shares were trading in the positive zone in Friday's morning session.

Shares of Indiabulls Real Estate (up 4.47 per cent) , Sobha (up 2.30 per cent) , Brigade Enterprises (up 1.42 per cent) and Sunteck Realty (up 1.31 per cent) were trading in the positive zone.

Phoenix Mills (up 1.16 per cent) , Mahindra Lifespace Developers (up

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YES Bank rallies 6% on fundraising plans
Shares of YES Bank advanced nearly 6 per cent in Wednesday's session after the lender said its board of directors will meet on Friday to consider fundraising through issue of fresh equity.

The scrip was trading 5.84 per cent up at Rs 67.10 at around 9.20 am (IST), while the benchmark BSE Sensex was up 225 points, or 0.55 per cent, up at 41,045 at

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Stock market update: Private banks mixed; YES Bank zooms over 4%
NEW DELHI: Shares of private banks were trading on a mixed note in Wednesday's morning session.

Shares of YES Bank (up 4.43 per cent), RBL Bank (up 3.59 per cent), Axis Bank (up 1.08 per cent), IndusInd Bank (up 0.57 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Federal Bank (down 1.14 per cent), ICICI Bank (down 1.14 per cent), IDFC First Bank

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Share market update: Nifty Pharma index dips; Dr. Reddy's Lab down 2%
NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading on a mixed note in Friday's morning session with their sectoral index trading down.

Shares of Aurobindo Pharma (up 0.93 per cent) , Biocon (up 0.58 per cent) , Piramal Enterprises (up 0.47 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.42 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 1.99 per cent ) ,

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Share market update: Metal shares shine; Vedanta up 1%
NEW DELHI: Metal shares were trading with gains in Wednesday's morning session.

Shares of Hindalco Industries (up 1.56 per cent) , Vedanta (up 1.41 per cent) , JSW Steel (up 1.36 per cent) and APL Apollo Tubes (up 1.24 per cent) were trading higher.

NMDC (up 1.04 per cent) , Coal India (up 0.73 per cent) , Hindustan Zinc (up 0.69 per cent) and

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Sensex tops 41,000, Nifty above 12,100; YES Bank surges 5%
Domestic equity markets opened with gains on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump expressed renewed hopes of a deal with China.

Trump said on Tuesday that US and China are close to an agreement on the first phase of a trade deal after top negotiators from the two countries spoke by telephone and agreed to keep working on the remaining issues.

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YES Bank climbs 3% after Edelweiss upgrades stock to ‘Buy&
New Delhi: Shares of YES Bank advanced over 3 per cent in early trade on Friday after Edelweiss Securities upgraded the lender to ‘Buy’ with a target price of Rs 101, indicating an upside of 40 per cent from the current market price.

The scrip was trading 3.21 per cent up at Rs 72.30 at around 9.20, while the benchmark BSE Sensex was down 112

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Stock market update: Realty shares mixed; DLF down 2%
NEW DELHI: Realty shares were trading on a mixed note in Wednesday's morning session.

Shares of Prestige Estates Projects (up 3.55 per cent) , Mahindra Lifespace Developers (up 1.57 per cent) , Sobha (up 1.45 per cent) and Brigade Enterprises (up 0.80 per cent) were trading higher.

While DLF (down 2.14 per cent) , Phoenix Mills (down 1.33 per

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Share market update: Auto shares in the green; Tata Motors up 2%
NEW DELHI: Auto shares were trading in the green in Wednesday's morning session.

Shares of Tata Motors (up 2.26 per cent) , Mahindra - Mahindra (up 1.87 per cent) , Ashok Leyland (up 1.30 per cent) and Bharat Forge (up 1.25 per cent) were trading higher.

Eicher Motors (up 1.12 per cent) , Maruti Suzuki India (up 0.93 per cent) , Apollo Tyres

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Share market update: Telecom shares slip; GTL Infra falls 4%
NEW DELHI: Telecom shares were trading with losses in Wednesday's morning session.

Shares of GTL Infrastructure (down 4.26 per cent), Optiemus Infracom (down 4.09 per cent), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (down 3.61 per cent) and Tejas Networks (down 3.49 per cent) were trading lower.

Bharti Infratel (down 0.75 per cent), Sterlite Technologies (down

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By Ronojoy MazumdarA revamp of its European operations, an improved product mix and a ban on cheaper steel imports to India may bolster the fortunes of Tata Steel Ltd.’s shares, the least valued stock on the South Asian nation’s benchmark equities gauge.

Tata Steel shares have lost nearly half of their value since Jan. 2018 to trade at a

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Consumer biz outlook earns RIL a major re-rating; target prices rise up to Rs 17,00
Mumbai: While the shares of India’s most valued company, Reliance Industries (RIL), hover around record high levels, analysts believe its telecom arm Jio, the country’s largest, is all set to further drive the stock’s outperformance thanks to the recent tariff hike.

While the energy-to-telecom conglomerate’s core-business environment looks weak, i

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China stocks tepid after poor industrial profits data
HONG KONG: China stocks struggled to make headway on Wednesday even as US President Donald Trump signalled a trade deal with Beijing was close, as poor industrial profits underlined the pressure on the country's economy from the protracted tariff war.

At the midday break, the Shanghai Composite index edged up about 0.2 per cent to 2,911.76 points

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Share market update: Nifty Pharma index up; Biocon jumps 5%
NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading in the green in Wednesday's morning session with their sectoral index trading up.

Shares of Biocon (up 5.30 per cent) , Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 3.78 per cent) , Aurobindo Pharma (up 2.54 per cent) and Cadila Healthcare (up 1.02 per cent) were trading higher.

Piramal Enterprises (up 0.88 per cent) , Sun

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Share market update: Nifty Pharma index up; Lupin gains 3%
NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading in the green in Tuesday's morning session with their sectoral index trading up.

Shares of Lupin (up 2.99 per cent) , Biocon (up 1.41 per cent) , Cipla (up 1.32 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma (up 0.75 per cent) were trading higher.

Divi's Laboratories (up 0.75 per cent) , Cadila Healthcare (up 0.72 per cent) ,

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Share market update: Power shares mixed; JSW Energy slips 3%
NEW DELHI: The BSE Power index was down in Wednesday's morning session.

Shares of Reliance Infrastructure (up 1.10 per cent), Tata Power Company (up 1.06 per cent), ABB India (up 0.96 per cent) and Adani Transmission (up 0.83 per cent) were trading with gains.

While JSW Energy (down 3.21 per cent), Siemens (down 2.27 per cent), Thermax (down 0.78

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Stock market update: Sugar stocks mixed; Rana Sugars climbs 3%
NEW DELHI: Shares of sugar stocks were mixed in Wednesday's morning trade.

Shares of Rana Sugars (up 3.08 per cent), Ponni Sugars (Erode) (up 1.98 per cent), Shree Renuka Sugars (up 1.78 per cent), KM Sugar Mills (up 0.81 per cent) and EID Parry (up 0.81 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Rajshree Sugars - Chemicals (down 2.00 per

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Stock market update: IT shares gain; Just Dial rises 3%
NEW DELHI: IT shares were trading with gains in Tuesday's morning session.

Shares of Just Dial (up 3.17 per cent) , Tata Elxsi (up 2.17 per cent) , Infosys (up 0.98 per cent) and HCL Technologies (up 0.58 per cent) were trading in the green.

Hexaware Technologies (up 0.27 per cent) , Wipro (up 0.21 per cent) , Tech Mahindra (up 0.04 per cent) and

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Share market update: BSE Oil Gas index up; IGL, IOC among top gainers
NEW DELHI: OMCs were trading in the green in Wednesday's session with their sectoral index on BSE trading up.

Shares of Petronet LNG (up 1.39 per cent) , Indraprastha Gas (up 0.99 per cent) and Indian Oil Corporation (up 0.39 per cent) were trading higher.

Reliance Industries (up 0.37 per cent) , Bharat Petroleum Corporation (up 0.28 per cent) ,

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Market at record level: What should first-time mutual fund investors do?
When the benchmarks scale new peaks, what must small investors do? That answer lies in their risk appetite, which by itself is a function of familiarity with D-Street.

So, the choices will differ for those buying equity offerings for the first time, and those that have seen multiple business cycles play out over the years.

Those beginning their

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SBI MF banks on SLR ESG investing to become money manager to the nation
SBI Mutual Fund, India’s largest equity investor among all asset management firms, will stick to its SLR thesis despite the cut-throat competition in the industry, insists Ashwani Bhatia, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.

SLR in the AMC’s parlance stands for safety, liquidity and return in the given order.

The fund house has also been

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Multibaggers of past decade, solid show in Q2, but stocks down 50%: Get the cue
Who does not want big compounders in an equity portfolio? There are 14 multibaggers on Dalal Street that reported over 100 per cent rise in September quarter profit along with an increase in top line. And many analysts look positive on them. Good case to take a serious look at these names?

With a 37,834 per cent leap in 10 years, Avanti Feeds

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Stock market update: IT shares advance; Wipro rises over 1%
NEW DELHI: IT shares were trading with gains in Wednesday's morning session.

Shares of Wipro (up 1.30 per cent) , Tata Elxsi (up 1.13 per cent) , MindTree (up 1.12 per cent) and Tata Consultancy Services (up 0.94 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

HCL Technologies (up 0.92 per cent) , Tech Mahindra (up 0.62 per cent) , Infosys (up 0.49

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Share market update: Nifty Bank hits fresh record high; YES Bank jumps 5%
NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading with gains as Nifty Bank index hit fresh record higher in Tuesday's morning session.

Shares of YES Bank (up 4.55 per cent) , Bank of Baroda (up 2.19 per cent) , Federal Bank (up 1.96 per cent) and IDFC First Bank (up 1.49 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

ICICI Bank (up 0.94 per cent) , Punjab

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Share market update: FMCG shares trade higher; United Breweries rises 2%
NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading higher in Wednesday's morning session.

Shares of Procter - Gamble Hygiene - Healthcare (up 3.24 per cent) , United Breweries (up 2.09 per cent) , Godrej Consumer Products (up 1.35 per cent) and Godrej Industries (up 1.34 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Marico (up 0.91 per cent) ,

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Stock market update: 36 stocks hit 52-week lows on NSE
NEW DELHI: Around 36 stocks fell to touch their 52-week lows on NSE in Wednesday's session.

Among the stocks that touched their 52-week lows were Blue Dart Express, Chennai Petroleum, Deccan Cements and Bharat Bijlee.

Apollo Pipes, Arvind Fashions, Sagar Cements, Seya and Visaka also featured among the stocks that touched their 52-week lows on

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NEW DELHI: Bulls pushed the domestic equity indices to new highs in early trade on Tuesday, buoyed by positive news on the US-China trade war front.

NSE flagship Nifty scaled new peak at the opening tick and crossed the previous high of 12,103. The index was up 50 points at 12,123. Meanwhile, BSE barometer Sensex also scaled Mount 41,000 and was

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Stock market update: Cement stocks advance; NCL jumps over 4%
NEW DELHI: Most of the cement stocks were trading with gains in Wednesday's morning session.

Shares of NCL Industries (up 4.41 per cent), Burnpur Cement (up 4.17 per cent), Sagar Cements (up 3.66 per cent), Prism Johnson (up 2.78 per cent), Mangalam Cement (up 2.49 per cent), Ambuja Cements (up 2.12 per cent) and Andhra Cements (up 2.04 per cent)

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Karvy scandal appears to have been almost too easy to pull off
By Dhirendra KumarStock investors are in a tizzy because of the Karvy scandal. Equity investing in India is difficult enough without worrying about whether the broker is going to take possession of your stocks, sell them off and appropriate the proceeds. According to the conclusion that a Sebi investigation has come to, that is exactly what Karvy S

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Stock market update: Private banks surge; YES Bank climbs 3%
NEW DELHI: Shares of private banks were trading in the green in Tuesday's morning session.

Shares of YES Bank (up 3.22 per cent), Federal Bank (up 2.01 per cent), IDFC First Bank (up 1.26 per cent), ICICI Bank (up 1.06 per cent) and IndusInd Bank (up 0.88 per cent) were among the top gainers in the index.

While RBL Bank (down 0.75 per cent) was

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